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British psychedelic rock songs
- When We Was FabGeorge Harrison released the song When We Was Fab on his 1987 album Cloud Nine. The lyrics serve as a nostalgic reflection by Harrison on the days of…
- A Day in the LifeJohn Lennon wrote the melody and most of the lyrics to A Day in the Life in mid-January 1967. He presented the song to Paul McCartney shortly after finishing…
- Paperback WriterPaul McCartney sat in his car driving from London to Surrey on a day in 1965. He thought about the words of his Aunt Lil who had asked him years ago why he…
- Strawberry Fields ForeverJohn Lennon spent his early years in Woolton, a suburb of Liverpool. He played in the wooded garden behind Strawberry Field, a Salvation Army children's home…
- Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (song)On a flight returning to England from Kenya in November 1966, Paul McCartney conceived an idea for an entire album where the Beatles would assume alter-egos.
- Tomorrow Never KnowsJohn Lennon wrote the lyrics to Tomorrow Never Knows in January 1966. He drew these words from a book titled The Psychedelic Experience: A Manual Based on…
- Baby, You're a Rich ManJohn Lennon wrote the verses of a song titled One of the Beautiful People after attending an all-night festival at London's Alexandra Palace on the 29th of…
- Now and Then (Beatles song)John Lennon recorded a five-minute piano demo of Now and Then around 1977 at his home in the Dakota building in New York City.
- TaxmanIn April 1966, a report from the London accountancy firm Bryce, Hammer, Isherwood & Co. delivered a stark warning to the Beatles.
- Lucy in the Sky with DiamondsIn 1963, three-year-old Julian Lennon showed his father a drawing he had made at nursery school. The paper depicted a classmate named Lucy Vodden with the…